+/* ========================================================================= */
+
+#if USE_WIN32_THREADS
+
+# include <windows.h>
+
+# ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+# endif
+
+/* -------------------------- gl_thread_t datatype -------------------------- */
+
+/* The gl_thread_t is a pointer to a structure in memory.
+ Why not the thread handle? If it were the thread handle, it would be hard
+ to implement gl_thread_self() (since GetCurrentThread () returns a pseudo-
+ handle, DuplicateHandle (GetCurrentThread ()) returns a handle that must be
+ closed afterwards, and there is no function for quickly retrieving a thread
+ handle from its id).
+ Why not the thread id? I tried it. It did not work: Sometimes ids appeared
+ that did not belong to running threads, and glthread_join failed with ESRCH.
+ */
+typedef struct gl_thread_struct *gl_thread_t;
+# define glthread_create(THREADP, FUNC, ARG) \
+ glthread_create_func (THREADP, FUNC, ARG)
+# define glthread_sigmask(HOW, SET, OSET) \
+ /* unsupported */ 0
+# define glthread_join(THREAD, RETVALP) \
+ glthread_join_func (THREAD, RETVALP)
+# define gl_thread_self() \
+ gl_thread_self_func ()
+# define gl_thread_self_pointer() \
+ gl_thread_self ()
+# define gl_thread_exit(RETVAL) \
+ gl_thread_exit_func (RETVAL)
+# define glthread_atfork(PREPARE_FUNC, PARENT_FUNC, CHILD_FUNC) 0
+extern int glthread_create_func (gl_thread_t *threadp, void * (*func) (void *), void *arg);
+extern int glthread_join_func (gl_thread_t thread, void **retvalp);
+extern gl_thread_t gl_thread_self_func (void);
+extern int gl_thread_exit_func (void *retval);
+
+# ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+# endif
+
+#endif